Lee College proves value with community benefits
The Sun presents examples of Lee College contributing to the Baytown area without asking for votes or support. A Baytown parent with three college educated children earned no more than 500 dollars monthly, yet all three pursued higher education gracias to the college. Another graduate used Lee College summers to complete a degree in three years, saving the family two years of college costs. The piece argues education remains vital as opportunities grow scarce, urging graduates to consider Lee College for summer or continuing study.
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Lee College
Sun
Baytown
Robert E. Lee High School
State House probes $36 doorknobs in new building
Austin lawmakers grilling the State Office Building project after learning it features 1,000 costly doorknobs at $36 each, cracked floors to be replaced at no cost, and marble telephone booths. The committee compares costs with the nearby Employment Commission Building and notes supervision lapses during construction. Governor Price Daniel previews long term fiscal planning with two sets of ingredients for a May 16 advisory council meeting, exploring tax options but not proposing general sales or income taxes. The report also notes a large Texas winter wheat crop and explains the jack rabbit name origin from long ears resembling a jackass.
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Austin
House Committee On
Texas Employment Commission
I. R. Nieman
State Building Commission
Price Daniel
State Finance Advisory Council
Daniel
Baytown Sun Staff and Publishing Details Listed
The Baytown Sun lists its staff roles including Editor and Publisher Fred Hartenan, Managing Editor Preston Pendergrass, Office Manager Beuleh Mae Jackson, Circulation Manager T. Bowling, Advertising Manager John Wadley, Corrie Laughlin, and Roger Amdéal among others. It notes publication as afternoons daily and Sundays, with Texas location at Pearce and Rahbbe. Subscription rates and carrier vs mail options are referenced along with permissive republication terms and rights reservations.
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Fred Hartenan
Estescessscespeeceees
Preston Pendergrass
Beuleh Mae Jackson
Seeess
T. Bowling
Lavenseeeverseeees
Quick Grab Bag of Trivia and History Notes
A 1960 front page blob offers trivia Qs about authors and fruits, plus a “Happened Today” note on the UN charter adoption set fifteen years prior. It includes a brief “Folk of Fame” guessing game and a mini Egyptology bio quiz referencing Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon with Tutankhamen’s tomb discovery details.
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Sen Francisco
United Nations Organization
De Gaulle Eisenhower talks seen shaping Franco American ties
Highlights from the Washington Paris summit say Ike aims to restore Franco American friendship, while de Gaulle resists concessions on Berlin and the French A bomb test. Khrushchev stands firm on Berlin. Blair House beds spark White House jokes. Rhee and Korea policy draw State Department warnings. Manila concerns over Ike’s travel plans and Philippine missile bases.
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Ike
de Gaulle
Berlin
Khrushchev
USA
de Galle
Paris
Lincoln
White House
France
Blair House
Madame de Gaulle
Harry Truman
Abraham Lincoln
Herter
Neman Rhee
Rival Senators Spar Over Vermont Massachusetts Voting Tale
A Rhode Island style squabble erupts in Washington as a Massachusetts senator jokes that Vermont voters must trade with Massachusetts to be eligible. Vermont’s Senator Jonathon Proctor retorts that they all vote, turning the clash into a light political exchange.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Vermont
Jonathon Proctor
Business profits hold up amid mixed corporate results
New York AP reports that about two thirds of 300 firms show higher after tax profits in the first quarter, with an average gain of 7 percent. Yet results vary by industry and firm as diversification and timing skew the overall picture, with many predicting softer April to June performance.
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New York
Steel
Everybodys Mail Reveals Odds and Odd Facts From History
New York columnist compiles diverse lines on aging wives fire safety farming and famous quotes. The piece mixes social notes about marriage weather city life and historical references before trailing off with a biblical line about salvation.
Television Log Wide Variety Evening Schedule Listing
The page shows Monday night and Tuesday morning to afternoon TV schedules with programs from World At Large to News, Weather, sports, drama, and game shows. Notable items include The Texan, Wells Fargo, Father Knows Best, Peter Gunn, Adventures in Paradise, Race Into Space, Hennesey, Tonight special features, and The Price Is Right.
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Riley Conway
Cheyenne
Wells Fargo
Goodyear Theater
Ann Sothern
Hennesey
Border Patrol
Allyson
Jack Paar
Mann
MGM Theater
FBI
Did You Know Facts From Early Texas Railways
A brief note links ancient asbestos use against fire to early Texas railways. It states Texas has more railroad mileage than any other state and compares rainfall to water per acre, equating one inch of rain to about one hundred tons of water per acre.
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Texas
State
Acre
Famous Hands in Vanderbilt Match Showed Slam Possibility
South Hazen and North Fry contended in a Vanderbilt game where a four spade overcall hinted at grand slam potential. Hazen bid six diamonds to cover contingencies, Fry showed the ace and king of spades and safely made the slam despite dubious trump distribution.
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Lee Hazen
Sam Fry, Jr
Vanderbilt
Fry
South
West
Hazen
Fearu
Fey
Spade Headires Syndicate, Inc
Daily Crossword Clues From Isis Deeday
A fragmentary crossword from a newspaper page lists across and down clues with multiple hints and partial phrases such as fruit branch circles of light and evasion Speak and white poplars, plus biblical names and a mountain defile. The entry ends with down clues like Little girls apron wife of baronet and Shoshonesa Indigs.
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Wife
Baronet
Insane B. Orner
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Valley of the Kings
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Tutankhamen
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Drew Pearson
UN Commission For Unification and Rehabilitation of
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Rhee
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William Lacey
John Muccio
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Philippines
Japan
Manila
Clara Recto
Citizens Party
Carlos Garcia
Recto
Garcia
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Uncle Sam
Kay Halle
Halle Department Store
Cleveland
Emmet Hughes
Time
Life
Trortune
Clayton Fritchey
Truman
Head
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Adlai Stevenson
Dean Acheson
Harry Luce
Stevenson
Acheson
Fritchey
Bennett Cerf
Bam Dawson
Hal Boyle
Chicago
Mother Nature
Marcus Porcius Cato
B.C
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Soviet Union
Britain
Lord Nelson
Ufe
Don
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Kangaroo
Joan Qui Miss Brooks
Jack la Lanne Price
Howard Finch
Guiding Light
Restless Gun
Joyce Hayward
Mrs. North
Bob
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House Party
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